00:0080 percent of POGOs have been shut down, according to PAOC.
00:04Joshua Garcia is in the center of the news. Yes, Joshua.
00:14Angele, President Ferdinand R. Martin Jr. ordered to ban POGOs in the country.
00:21The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission divided their successes in the last year
00:26in the program Bacong Pilipinas Ngayon. According to PAOC Executive Director Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz,
00:3280 percent of POGOs have been shut down and their commission has been suspended,
00:37while PAOC continues to target guerrilla operations or small-scale POGOs, particularly in Visayas and Pindanao.
00:44PAOC also gave a big order from President Marcos Jr. and DILG to tap or have coordination with local governments
00:53to ensure that POGOs are not operating in their respective areas.
00:57According to PAOC, they were able to remove more than 27,000 POGO workers, according to the Bureau of Immigration.
01:05Although they are still monitoring areas where small POGOs are operating,
01:09PAOC assured that it will not repeat what happened in Bambantarla.
01:13Due to their stronger coordination with the LGUs to determine the red flags,
01:19such as the increase of one or more POGOs in one area or establishments that were suddenly seized or arrested.
01:27Aside from POGOs, PAOC is also in contact with other organized crimes.
01:31They are monitoring the protection of environmental species,
01:34those who are smuggling and selling endangered species.
01:37They are also helping in the cases of media harassment and killings,
01:41and other crimes such as human trafficking, money laundering, scamming and others.
01:46That's all for the latest news.
01:48Back to you Angelique.
01:49All right. Thank you very much Joshua Garcia.
